Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to kilometers per hour is 1.0972799999991, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 1.0972799999991 kilometers per hour:

1 ft/s = 1.0972799999991 km/h

To convert 197 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 197 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 1.0972799999991 km/h

197 ft/s → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 197 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 216.16415999983 km/h

The final result is:

197 ft/s → 216.16415999983 km/h

We conclude that 197 feet per second is equivalent to 216.16415999983 kilometers per hour:

197 feet per second = 216.16415999983 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.0046261137831581 × 197 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 197 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0046261137831581 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred ninety-seven feet per second is approximately two hundred sixteen point one six four kilometers per hour:

197 ft/s ≅ 216.164 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero five times one hundred ninety-seven feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to kilometers per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to kilometers per hour